Transport yourself back to the beginning of summer. You planted a few tomato plants in the hopes you'd have a summer full of tomato sandwiches, tomato pies, and simple lunches of juicy tomato slices ...

September finds me saving seeds of some of this year's best sweet peppers and most colorful flowers to plant in next year's garden. Why? Saving my own seeds from year to year gives me a bit of ...

What can be more fun than collecting seeds from some of your favorite flowers and vegetables to share with others or to store and plant for next year’s harvest and/or enjoyment. For centuries various ...

Q: Many of the flowers in my yard are starting to dry up and form seeds. Can I collect these and save them to plant next year? A: Yes you can collect and save many of the seed that grow in your yard ...

For some gardeners, fall marks the start of another gardening cycle — saving seeds produced by the plants you nurtured all season. It is a frugal way to obtain new plants and a tradition we should try ...

Another great aspect of harvest season is that it’s the time of year when most plantsgo to seed, thus ensuring a strong new crop for the following spring. Those of you with food gardens have probably ...

Since the coronavirus pandemic has led to a surge in interest in gardening, especially vegetable gardening, some seed companies are having trouble keeping up with demand. But one thing we gardeners ...

Beautiful, juicy tomatoes can be grown at home, and there’s no need to buy seeds when you can collect them from fruit you may already have in the pantry, or destined to be discarded as waste. In this ...